uni-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uni"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Archaic Latin oinos

Latin ūnus

Latin ūni-der.

English uni-

From Latin uni-, combining form of unus (“one”).

Prefix

Latin number prefix
Previous:	nil-
Next:	bi-

uni-

one, single

Translations

one

Bulgarian: едно- (edno-)
Catalan: uni- (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一 (zh) (yī), 單 / 单 (zh) (dān)
Dutch: uni- (nl)
Finnish: yksi-, uni- (fi)
French: uni- (fr)
Galician: uni- (gl)
Georgian: უნი- (uni-), ერთ- (ert-)
German: uni- (de), ein- (de)
Greek: μονο- (el) (mono-)
Icelandic: ein-
Ido: mono-
Indonesian: eka-
Interlingua: uni-
Italian: uni-
Japanese: 一 (ja) (い, i, いち, ichi, ひと, hito), 単 (ja) (たん, tan), ユニ (yuni)
Malay: eka- (ms)
Old English: ān-
Russian: одно- (odno-), едино- (jedino-), уни- (uni-)
Spanish: uni- (es)

References

“uni-”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.

Anagrams

NUI, Niu

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin unus (“one”).

Prefix

uni-

uni-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with uni-

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin unus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuni-/, [ˈuni-]

Prefix

uni-

(in loanwords) uni-

Usage notes

uni- and mono- are used when the headword is a loan. Else, yksi- is used.

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with uni-

unisono

univarianssi

French

Etymology

From Latin uni- (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /y.ni/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Prefix

uni-

uni-

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Archaic Latin oinos

Latin unusder.

Galician uni-

Derived from Latin unus (“one”).

Prefix

uni-

uni-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with uni-

.

Interlingua

Prefix

uni-

one

References

Alexander Gode; Hugh Blair (1951), Interlingua Grammar, International Auxiliary Language Association, Inc., page 59

Italian

Etymology

From Latin unus (“one”).

Prefix

uni-

uni-

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Archaic Latin oinos

Latin ūnus

Latin ūni-

Combining form of ūnus (“one”).

Prefix

ūni-

one; uni-

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

**Norwegian Bokmål numbers ^(edit)**
	1	2 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: en/én, ei/éi, et/ett Ordinal: første Ordinal abbreviation: 1. Latinate ordinal: primær Reverse ordinal: sist Adverbial: én gang Multiplier: enkel Distributive: enkeltvis Nominal: ener, ettall Fractional: hel, heil Combining form: ene- Latin cardinal prefix: uni- Greek cardinal prefix: mono-, mon- Greek ordinal prefix: proto-, prot- Grammatical number: entall, singularis Greek collective: monade Birth term: enling Bridge holding: singleton Musical terms: solo, (interval) prim Period in years: år

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁óynos

From Latin ūni- (“one; single”), the combining form of ūnus (“one”), from Archaic Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one; single”).

The Latin numeral is cognate with en, Norwegian Nynorsk ein, Danish en, Swedish en, German ein, Dutch een and English one.

Pronunciation

(stressed) IPA^(key): /¹ʉːnɪ-/, [ˈʉ̀ːnɪ-]
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /ʉnɪ-/, [ʉnɪ-]
(stressed form) Rhymes: -ʉːnɪ
Hyphenation: u‧ni-

Prefix

uni-

one, single; consisting of or concerning one part, side, or unit.
Synonym: mono-

‎uni- + ‎lateral (“lateral”) → ‎unilateral (“one-sided”)
- 2020, Cecilie Hellestveit, Gro Nystuen, Krigens folkerett, page 126:
  den unilaterale tilbaketrekningen av israelske soldater
  the unilateral withdrawal of Israeli soldiers
same, uniform; unified.
‎uni- + ‎form (“form”) → ‎uniform (“uniform; having the same form”)
- 1920, Hans E. Kinck, “Den indre styrke”, in Rormanden overbord‎^[1], page 110:
  Uniformering er ikke aandsliv; heller ikke enhet er det.
  Standardization is not intellectual life; neither is unity.